Take my pulse, please!
Posted on 09/20/2004 6:32:41 PM PDT by Land_of_Lincoln_John
Dangerfield In Coma After Heart Surgery
Actor Had Heart Valve Replacement Surgery Aug. 25
LOS ANGELES (AP) Rodney Dangerfield has been in a coma for a couple of weeks after undergoing heart surgery but has begun to show awareness, his wife said in a statement Monday
The 82-year-old comedian was stable and had been breathing on his own for 24 hours, Joan Dangerfield said in the statement released by the comic's publicist, Kevin Sasaki.
Dangerfield had a heart valve replaced Aug. 25 at the University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Center.
There was no mention of a coma in a condition update from the publicist last week. Sasaki did not immediately return calls for comment Monday.
Joan Dangerfield said in her statement, "My husband slipped into a light coma a couple of weeks ago while recovering from his heart surgery. His overall condition, however, remains stable."
She said Dangerfield was receiving "extraordinary care" from his doctors and nurses.
"After recent visits from his family and close friends, Rodney is starting to show signs of awareness and we are all hopeful that he will regain full consciousness soon," she said. "Our family remains optimistic that Rodney will make a complete recovery and we are humbled by the love and support we have received during his hospitalization."
Dangerfield, best known for the self-mocking line, "I don't get no respect," recently released his autobiography, "It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs."
Get well soon!
If it's true, that's terrible!
Is there confirmation from a reliable news source on this?
Take my pulse, please!
Fox News just mentioned in on the bottom of the hour news update.
Oh man, hoping he pulls through ok. Prayers up.
Glad Rodney is coming out of it...
C'mon Rodney. You can't leave us yet. You've got a thousand Kerry jokes we're waiting to hear.
He's brought smiles to many faces over the years, this one included. Prayers offered up to Rodney and his family.
And Dangerfield is receiving "extraordinary prayers" from his fans.
Wake up Rodney.
Get well funnyman!
Who could ever forget his cameo in the "Three Mile Island" sketch on the old SNL where he explains to "Rosalyn" how a radiation leak affected Jimmy Carter...
"Let me put it this way. He could have sex with the Holland Tunnel."
Yo, Rodney!
Reminding me of Caddyshack. LOL, a classic.
My wife she likes to talk when she makes love.
Just the other night she called me from a motel!
I tell ya...it ain't easy being him!
We're pulling for you Rodney. Stay strong!
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My favorite was "Back to School". They not only gave him a good cast to work with, but one of the best comedy scripts of the Eighties.
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